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UNCTAD Annual Report 2025

Mr Moreno (at podium and on screen) speaks at the Global Trade in Services Summit in Beijing on 9 September.

Moreno: Strategic choices key to navigating a changing global economy

Developing countries have less Beyond GDP data

Beyond GDP: Closing the data gap to measure real progress

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Looking Beyond GDP: Measuring what matters

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Looking Beyond GDP: Measuring what matters

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UNCTAD16 opening day photo of high-level participants

UNCTAD Annual Report 2025

Mr Moreno (at podium and on screen) speaks at the Global Trade in Services Summit in Beijing on 9 September.

Moreno: Strategic choices key to navigating a changing global economy

Developing countries have less Beyond GDP data

Beyond GDP: Closing the data gap to measure real progress

Register for the World Investment Forum 2026

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Strait of Hormuz disruptions impact small businesses (SMEs) cover page

Smaller firms, greater risks: How Strait of Hormuz disruptions could trigger an exclusion effect for small and medium-sized enterprises

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Looking Beyond GDP

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World Investment Report 2026: International investment in a turbulent era

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Global Trade Update (September 2026): Services are reshaping global trade, but least developed countries lag in digital exports

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Financing development: External flows of financial capital to developing countries and their cost

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Global Trade Update July/August 2026

Data stories

Smaller firms are at the heart of the global economy

Strait of Hormuz disruptions could hit firms behind 70% of global employment hardest

$Only a fraction of least developed countries’ services exports are digitally deliverable$

Digital services exports are growing fast. Least developed countries are not keeping pace

Severity of commodity dependence

New dashboard helps countries chart a path beyond commodity dependence

Foreign direct investment growth is concentrated in developed economies

Global investment rises 6%, but development gains remain uneven

First half of 2026: stronger goods trade growth and sluggish services trade growth

High-tech goods power global trade amid uncertainty

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Acting Secretary-General Pedro Manuel Moreno spoke at a session during the WTO Public Forum 2026 on 17 September.

18 Sep 2026

UNCTAD calls for stronger cooperation to build resilient, inclusive trade at WTO forum

17 Sep 2026

Critical minerals: How industrial policy can shape Latin America’s development

15 Sep 2026

Beyond GDP: Closing the data gap to measure real progress

11 Sep 2026

Turning national data into better services trade policy

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Videos

UNCTAD at the WTO Public Forum: Capturing more value from critical minerals

Global Trade Update July/August 2026

Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP)

Meetings and events

Trade and Development Board, 73rd session

14 – 25 September 2026

Trade and Development Board, 73rd session

Geneva, Switzerland

1 – 30 September 2026

Science, technology and innovation parks: Policies and practices e-learning course, autumn session

Online

22 – 24 September 2026

International close-out conference on measuring and curbing illicit financial flows: From measurement to policy action

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

28 September 2026

P166 short courses on key international economic and development issues for Geneva-based delegates

Geneva, Switzerland

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Secretary-General

Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD from 13 September 2021

Geneva, Switzerland

Rebeca Grynspan

Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica was appointed the eighth Secretary-General of UNCTAD on 13 September 2021. She is the first woman to hold this position in the history of the organization.

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Statements

17 September 2026

Arria-formula meeting of the Security Council on safe seas, shared security: Protecting freedom of navigation in a changing security environment

New York, United States of America

14 July 2026

UN high-level meeting on critical energy transition minerals

New York City, United States of America

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